On Saturday, June 5th, the Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents the Parijat Desai Dance Company, as they present two new works in development: Songs To Live For and Make Space. Songs To Live For, a dance theater work based on Hindustani vocal music, explores the profound longing evoked by this thumri and khayal in particular. Responding to the quality of the music—its spacious vocals and rhythmic punctuations—Desai draws on released